"The Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley Railroad has successfully acquired both of the former Delaware & Hudson Alco S-4s from Genesee & Wyoming. The pair of Alcos, the 102 located currently in Claremont Jct., NH and the 104 in West Lebanon, NH, are being prepared for movement to Cooperstown, NY.

The units will reportedly be moved via Pan Am Railways and Norfolk Southern.

Were these Alcos moved on their own wheels? Or did they move on somebody else's wheels (flatcars)? I would be surprised if they had alignment control couplers. Or did these 2 RR's not require alignment control couplers for a move in regular freight train service?

Oh lord, how the heck didn't they see this happening. If you have a crossing in that condition and expect it to work perfectly; poor negligence on CACV's part. I can't believe the railroad would let someone this careless slip through. What were they thinking? It may actually have been more cost effective to just truck the equipment in.

Ohhhh, that's gonna be a bit of an unplanned expense. If I were to speculate, it looks like they were shoving down the west leg of the wye and came up on a paved-over crossing at State Rt 7. If so, it'll take a while for that dust to settle.... Hope someone posts some details on how it resolves for future reference.

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